⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 27
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 3:45 · WSH 90-74 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q3 1:08 · WSH 92-88 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
